1. لقد وَعَظَ العُذَّالُ وَجدي بِشأنِ من

    فَنيتُ بهِ والوجدُ ينْمي به الوَعْظُ

    The reproachers have indeed admonished my longing concerning the one

    in whom I have lost myself; and admonition makes longing grow.

  2. يُسامرُني فيه الغرامُ فَلَم أنَمْ

    ويَخْتالُ في قلبي ولم يَرَهُ اللَّحْظُ

    Love converses with me about him by night, so I have not slept,

    and he walks proudly within my heart, though my gaze has not seen him.

  3. أُعاتبُ حَظِّي فيه يا لَيتَ مَرَّةً

    أرى وَجْهَهُ أوَّاهُ لو ساعَدَ الحَظُّ

    I reproach my fortune over him—oh, if only once

    I could see his face! Alas, if only fortune would help!

  4. شُؤُناتنا فِعْلٌ وعُذَّالُنا على

    صُنوفِ الهَوى فينا شُؤُناتُهُمْ لَفْظُ

    Our affairs are deeds; but those who reproach us for

    the kinds of love within us—their affairs are words.